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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

You're reading from   VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook Master the configuration, programming, and interaction of plugins with Orchestrator to efficiently automate your VMware infrastructure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784392246
Length 382 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Daniel Langenhan Daniel Langenhan
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Installing and Configuring Orchestrator FREE CHAPTER 2. Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration 3. Visual Programming 4. Working with Plugins 5. Basic Orchestrator Operations 6. Advanced Operations 7. Working with VMware Infrastructure Index

Working with resources


In this recipe, we will work with resources. We will see how we can integrate files with Orchestrator and use them in workflows and for other purposes, such as storing configuration information.

Getting ready

We need a functional Orchestrator. We also need a text file. One is part of the example workflow package named textFile.txt.

How to do it...

This recipe contains multiple parts, each dealing with different aspects of resources.

Adding resources manually

Let's start by adding a resource to Orchestrator manually:

  1. Switch Orchestrator to Design mode.

  2. Click on Resources (white page with a blue symbol on it).

  3. Create a new folder where you can store your resources by right-clicking the highest element in the tree and selecting New folder.

  4. Right-click on the new folder and select Import resources.

  5. Select a file such as an image or text file from your local folder and click on Open. The new resource is now available under the folder you created.

  6. Click on the resource and browse through...

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